Biography
USI CAREER RANKINGS
• Ended the 2025 cross country season ranked No. 6 all-time at USI in the 8k.
• Wrapped up the 2025-26 indoor season ranked No. 4 in the 3,000 meters, No. 5 in the 5,000 meters and No. 10 in the mile.
• Concluded the 2026 outdoor season ranked No. 9 in the 5,000 meters.
2025-26
• Named the Old National Bank/USI Student Athlete of the Year.
2025 CROSS COUNTRY
• Earned OVC Athlete of the Year accolades after garnering OVC Runner of the Week honors three times during the regular season.
• Collected first-team All-OVC honors following a third-place finish at the OVC Championships.
• Finished 61st at the NCAA I Great Lakes Region Championships.
• Was USI’s top finisher in five of the six meets he competed in.
• Finished first at the season-opening Stegemoller Twilight.
2025-26 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Won conference titles in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships.
• Appeared in the mile, the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters throughout four meets during the indoor season.
• Named OVC Track Athlete of the Week (February 4) following his effort in the 5,000 meters at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic.
• Ranked first in the OVC in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters during the regular season and was eighth in the mile.
• Was 16th in the Great Lakes Region in the 5,000 meters and 31st in the 3,000 meters.
2026 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Captured conference titles in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships.
• Ran the 1,500 meters, the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters throughout five meets.
• Garnered OVC Track Athlete of the Week accolades (April 1) following his performance in the 10,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays.
• Ranked No. 1 in the OVC during the regular season in the 5,000 meters, No. 2 in the 10,000 meters and No. 18 in the 1,500 meters.
• Ended the regular season ranked No. 20 in the NCAA I Great Lakes Region in the 10,000 meters and No. 25 in the 5,000 meters.
2024-25
CROSS COUNTRY
• Earned second-team All-OVC honors with his ninth-place finish at the OVC Championships.
• Appeared in five meets during his sophomore season, posting top-10 finishes in four of those meets.
• Was USI's top-finisher with a fifth-place showing at the season-opening Sam Bell Invitational in Bloomington, Indiana.
• Ran No. 2 for the Eagles in three meets and No. 3 in another.
2024-25 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Won the 5,000 meters and was second in the 3,000 meters at the OVC Championships.
• Participated in five meets and three events during the indoor season, including the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters.
• Tied for first in the OVC in the 5,000 meters with a season and career-best time of 14:14.18 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
• Ranked second in the OVC in the 3,000 meters with a season and career-best time of 8:14.52 at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite.
• His 3,000-meter time ranks 10th on USI's all-time indoor list, while his 5,000-meter time is seventh all-time at USI.
• Was second in the mile at the Bellarmine Open.
2025 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Finished third in the 5,000 meters and fourth in the 10,000 meters at the OVC Championships, accounting for a team-best 11 of USI's 31 points.
• Appeared in five meets and three events, including the 1,500 meters.
• Ranked first in the OVC in the 5,000 meters and third in the 10,000 meters during the regular-season.
• Also was 14th in the 1,500 meters with his personal-best time of 3:53.60 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
2023-24
2023 CROSS COUNTRY
• Earned second-team All-OVC honors and was named the OVC Freshman of the Year.
• Thrived in his first season competing in cross country, placing second on the team in all five meets.
• Nabbed three top 10 finishes.
• Took second overall in the Stegemoller Classic and earned a 10th-place finish at the OVC Championships to go along with his career-best 8k time of 24:17.06.
• Entered the record books at the 10th fastest 8k time in program history.
• Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2023-24 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Competed in three different meets in the 3,000 and 5,000-meter events, ranking third on the team in both events.
• Finished 12th in the 3,000 meters and 16th in the 5,000 meters at the OVC Indoor Championships.
• Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2024 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Competed in the 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters in the outdoor season.
• Took seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Clark Wood Invitational.
• Achieved USI's fastest 10,000-meter time of the season during his seventh-place finish at the at the OVC Championships.
• Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2022-23
2022 CROSS COUNTRY
• Did not compete.
2022-23 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Did not compete.
2023 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Competed unattached.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Reitz High School where he lettered nine times in cross country, track, and basketball.
• Was a regional champion and a two-time state finalist in cross country, earning him second-team All-State honors.
• Led RHS to a regional and sectional championship.
PERSONAL
• Is the younger brother to All-American Austin Nolan and All-GLVC cross country honoree Trent Nolan.
• His father, Jim Nolan, is a member of the USI and GLVC Hall of Fame, while mother, Tammy Nolan, is a former USI Women’s Cross Country coach.
